Bath-tub and wash-stand



(No Model.)

W. S. CARPENTER.

BATH TUB AND WASH STAND.

No. 437,479. Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

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'To all whom it may concern.-

' UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

I WALTER SAMUEL CARPENTER, or WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BATH-TU B AN 0 WASH-STAN o.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,479, dated September 30, 1890.

I Application filed April 22, 1890. SerialNo. 3491038. (No model.)

Be it known that I, WALTER SAMUEL OAR- RENTER, of WVilkes-Barr, in the county of Lu'z erne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bath-Tubs and Wash-Stands, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

' This invention relates to improvements in bathtubs and wash-stands, in connection with which a special heating apparatus is employed for supplying them with hot water; and the invention consists of the combination of a'bath-tub and wash-stand provided with the necessary pipes, cocks, connections, &c., and of the combination with these parts of the heater and boiler, all constructed and arranged substantial y as herein described and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective, and Fig. 2 a vertical section.

Similar reference-numbers indicate like parts in both views.

The object of this invention is to produce a bath-tub and wash-stand in the form of a single portable article having small dimensions and a neat appearance and adapted to serve all the purposes of the common stationary tub and stand. It is particularly designed for country houses and rooms in other buildings wheresuch conveniences are needed, but where no provision is made for conveying hot Water to them from an ordinary boiler.

The apparatus, as shown in the drawings, is constructed with a box-shaped body or stand 1, which contains in the upper part of its front end the wash-basin 2, and below the basin the tub 3, and with an upright portion composed of a casing 4, in which are placed a heater 5for example, agas or an oil. stoveand a boiler 6 above the heater. The purpose of this casing is to conceal the heater and boiler; but it is not essential that these should be covered, for they would perform their functions equally well without any casing and could be made in a form and with a finish that would render them unobjectionable in appearance. A supply-pipe 7, connected with a street water-main or with a tank on the roof or elsewhere, conveys cold water to the boiler, and is provided with a ball-cock 8, whereby the flow of water into the boiler is regulated. A pipe 9leads downward from the boiler, and a branch pipe 10 extends forward from the supply-pipe, and these are connected with a cock or cocks 11, 6o projecting over the basin.

The tub 3 rests on rollers, and is intended to be pulled outward from the stand, as indicated in the drawings, and to be pushed back into its former position, where it is left when not in use, and the whole apparatus then resembles an ordinary wash-stand, with an up right part of the form described added to it.

In the front end of the tub is a pipe 12, and this registers at the top with the Waste-pipe 7o 13 of the basin,while the lower end 'rests over the opening into the waste-pipe l lw'hen' the tub is within the stand. The tub has, also at its inner end an orifice; in which fits a stopper 15, and below the hub is a safety-pan 7 5 16, to catch any waste water or overflow from the tub. The pipe 14. may discharge the water into a sewer, or elsewhere outside of the buildingl I It will now bcunder'stood that after the heater has made the water hotin the boiler both hot and cold water will flow into the basin from the boiler and supply-pipe, respectively, and it will be discharged from the basin through the pipe 12 into the waste-pipe 14 on pulling out the stopper in the bottom of the basin. To admit water to the bath-tub, this is first drawn forward from the stand, and the water is then allowed to flow into the basin with the stopper removed, and from 0 there it passes down into the tub, since the mouth of the pipe 13 is then over the tub instead of over the pipe 12. WVhen the stopper 15 is pulled out, the water is expelled from the tub into the safety-pan and the wastepipe 14. The basin and the tub can thus be used separately, or a person may stand in the tub, partially washing himself from that, and then use the basin for his hands and face without leaving the tub.

The apparatus above described can be constructed to occupy a floor-space of about two feet and three inches wide by two feet and six or eightinches in depth, and of sufficient height to make its proportions accord with good taste, and having such dimensions it can be conveniently handled, so that it may be delivered to customers or moved by a purchaser from one house or'one room to another with but little difficulty. Its advantages in this respect over tubs and stands that need to be permanently fixed in position well adapt it to the wants of people who live in rented rooms or houses where conveniences of this nature are lacking, and its moderate cost places it within the reach of persons who could not afford the necessary outlay for a tub and stand of the other kind.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combined bath-tub and wash-stand in the form of a single portable apparatus, consisting of the stand 1, containing the basin 2 in the top and front of the stand, the

tub 3, adapted to be pulled outward, the safetypan 16, extending to the front of the stand underneath the tub and arranged to catch Waste water from an orifice in the rear part of the tub when this is pulled out for use, and a Waste pipe or passage from the basin to the safety-pan outside of the tub, and of the heater 5, and the boiler 6 above the heater, stationed on the rear part of the stand behind the basin, with a pipe leading downward from the boiler, whereby hot water may be supplied to the basin and tub, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the stand 1, having the basin 2 in the top, and the tub 3, fitted into the stand under the basin and adapted to be pulled outward from the stand, the tub being provided with a passage 12, arranged to connect the waste-pipe of the basin with a waste-pipe at the bottom of the stand, whereby dirty water may be discharged from the basin without being admitted to the tub, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the stand 1, having the basin 2 at the top, with the short pipe 13 extending downward therefrom, and the waste-pipe 14 and the safety-pan 16. at the bottom of the stand, and the movable tub 3, fitted into the stand underneath the basin and provided with an orifice and with a pipe or passage 12, the tub being arranged to present the passage 12 directly below the pipe 13 when in one position and when in another position to catch water flowing through the pipe 13, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of the stand having the basin 2, the tub 3, adapted to be inclosed by the stand below the basin and to be pulled outward from the stand, a passage 12, provided to carry off dirty water from the basin, the waste-pipe of the basin terminating over the tub when this is in one position, and when it is in another position over the passage 12, the boiler 6 above the basin and tub, the heater 5 below the boiler, and the pipe leading downcock projecting over the basin, whereby water heated in the boiler can be drawn from the cock into either the basin or tub and water can be discharged from the basin without being admitted to the tub, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the stand having the basin 2, the tub 3, adapted to be inclosed by the stand below the basin and to be pulled outward from the stand, a passage 12, provided to carry off dirty water from the basin, the Waste-pipe of the basin terminating over the tub when this is in one position and when it is in another position over the passage 12,the boiler 6 above the basin and tub, the heater 5 below the boiler, the supply-pipe 7, leading to the boiler, and the pipe leading downward from the boiler, and the branch pipe extending forward from the supply-pipe to a cock or cocks projecting over the basin, substantially as and for the purpose described.

WALTER SAMUEL CARPENTER.

In presence of- EDMUND N. CARPENTER, W. W. LEE.

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